Middlesex County resident John Colaiuti, executive director of sales for Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, recently was named one of the company's top sales achievers for 2001. He was one of only 10 Verizon Wireless employees to receive the Area of Excellence sales award for the company's New York metro area. Award winners received a trip to the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas.

Colaiuti earned the award based on his sales leadership and exceptional customer service.

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